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Several area jails to receive state funding for renovations, improvements
Several area jails will receive state funding for construction and renovation projects, according to a spokesperson from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] On Friday, DeWine and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith announced that 19 jails across the state will receive grants totaling about $50 million. TRENDING STORIES: Local man arrested on child molestation warrant after 'intensive investigation' Traffic patterns on I-75 to change as construction continues in Montgomery County Man with filet knife arrested after standoff in Mercer County This funding will be awarded through the Ohio Jail Safety and Security Program, which launched in 2021. The jails in Champaign, Darke, and Logan counties will all receive funding, according to the spokesperson. The Tri-County Jail, located in Champaign County, will receive approximately $46,568 to renovate a space for court hearing video services and a private space for mental health services. The Darke County Jail, which opened in 1983, will get approximately $136,809 to conduct a needs assessment and feasibility study to determine the need for a new jail. The Logan County Jail will receive $549,012 to improve HVAC, mechanical, and plumbing systems. The funding will also help renovate the intake, booking, and medical areas of the building. 'This funding will not only support safer environments for those living and working in our local jails, but it will also help prepare inmates for release by creating improved spaces for workforce development, educational opportunities, and other programming,' DeWine said. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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09-05-2025
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Andrew Lansing posthumously awarded as Ohio Corrections Officer of the Year
A Chillicothe corrections officer who was brutally beaten to death by an inmate on Christmas Day has been posthumously awarded Corrections Officer of the Year, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced in a news release. Andrew Lansing, 62, was named as ODRC's Ronald C. Marshall Corrections Officer of the Year, an honor bestowed on correction officers who "personify the agency's core values," the department said in a May 9 news release. Each of ODRC's 28 institutions names a corrections officer of the year. Then, the 28 officers are in the running to be named the ODRC'S Ronald C. Marshall Officer of the Year, according to the ODRC. Lansing was beaten to death on Christmas Day by an inmate while he was working in a guard shack at the Ross Correctional Institution, The Dispatch previously reported. In the days leading up to his death, he had already been named correction officer of the month. Rashawn Cannon, 27, has been accused in Lansing's death and faces three counts of aggravated murder. 'Officer Lansing trained many staff members,' Ross Correctional Institution Warden Bill Cool said in a prepared statement. 'He took great pride in teaching new staff how to be firm, fair, and consistent. Andrew was a true leader. His heart was larger than his body, and he was always willing to help anybody. We continue to grieve his loss at RCI.' Lansing was also posthumously honored by RCI after they changed the name of their Roll Call room to the Andrew Lansing Roll Call Room, the Chillicothe Gazette previously reported. Lansing began working at RCI in 1994 after serving as an infantryman and sergeant in the United States Army. He also served in Iraq and helped with prison operations there, the ODRC said. 'Officer Lansing represented everything good about us – he was loyal, professional, served as a role model and mentor, a husband and a father, a friend, a veteran and a trusted colleague,' ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith said in a prepared statement. 'The way that he greeted everyone, staff, volunteers, contractors, incarcerated people, was exactly how we hope all of our officers treat the people they interact with. He was always pleasant; he knew everyone's stories and had an interest in their lives. His murder was a senseless and unimaginable tragedy, one that shook the very foundation of our agency. My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to his family, friends, and loved ones every day. He was very deserving of this honor, and he will never be forgotten.' Reporter Shahid Meighan can be reached at smeighan@ at ShahidMeighan on X, and at on Bluesky. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Andrew Lansing posthumously named as corrections officer of the year
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17-03-2025
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2 officers assaulted by inmate at Trumbull County facility: Report
LEAVITTSBURG, Ohio (WKBN) — Two corrections officers were transported to a local hospital following an assault by an inmate on Friday. According to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Chief of Communications JoEllen Smith, a staff assault occurred at the Trumbull Correctional Institution on March 14. Smith said two officers were treated at a local hospital for their injuries. One officer was released Friday evening, and the other remains in the hospital in stable condition. The inmate was transferred to the Ohio State Penitentiary immediately following the incident, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol is further investigating. Smith also said a new pilot program will be tested at the facility in the next couple of weeks. The program will use TASER 10s, starting with staff training, and also be tested at Ross Correctional Institution, which is expected to begin in May. Smith said these institutions were chosen as they are both higher-security prisons. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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14-02-2025
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DeWine issues death penalty reprieves
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Three death row inmates have had their dates of execution rescheduled by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine issued reprieves for the following inmates: Percy Hutton was scheduled to be executed on June 18; new date of execution has been moved to June 21, 2028. Hutton was sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Derek Mitchell. Samuel Moreland was scheduled to be executed on July 30; new date of execution has been moved to July 19, 2028. Moreland was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend Glenna Green; her daughter Lana Green; and three children, Daytrin Talbott, Datwan Talbott, and Violana Green, in 1985. Douglas Coley was scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24; new date of execution has been moved to August 15, 2028. Coley was sentence to death for the carjacking and killing of Samar El-Okdi in 1997. According to DeWine's office, the reprieves were issued due to 'ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), pursuant to DRC protocol, without endangering other Ohioans.' One-on-one with Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel As of December 2024, there were 114 death row inmates in the state, according to the DRC. Since taking office in 2019, DeWine has not permitted a single execution. The reprieves come amid renewed calls to abolish the death penalty from both sides of the aisle in the Ohio Statehouse. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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12-02-2025
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Lincoln Mabry Jr., who killed Becky Kerr in 1980, granted parole
[Watch FOX 8 I-Team coverage from 2022 in the player above.] (WJW) — A man who abducted then killed his estranged ex-girlfriend in front of her 8-year-old daughter will soon be paroled from prison. Lincoln Mabry Jr., 84, is serving a life sentence for the 1980 murder of Becky Kerr in Perry Township. Ohio trooper wrecked patrol car, charged with OVI He has previously been denied parole, but the Ohio Parole Board at his most recent parole hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 11, granted Mabry's release from prison, to begin on April 14, according to an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction spokesperson. Kerr's daughter, Melissa Binius, was 8 years old when Kerr was killed. Mabry, armed with a gun, forced her and her mother into a car, ordering Kerr to drive. She stopped the car at a Perry Township gas station and tried to flee on foot. Mabry opened fire. 'He emptied a gun once, reloaded and emptied it again,' Binius told FOX 8 News in 2017. 'He then made me get out of the car and stand by my mother. I just stood there and waited. I was all alone and it seemed like forever.' Mabry later turned himself in. He was convicted of aggravated murder and abduction and sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 15 years on the murder charge. Police investigating two deaths in Pepper Pike Kerr's brother Joe Kerr told the FOX 8 I-Team in 2022 that Mabry had physically abused his sister. Mabry even threatened to kill Joe Kerr for telling his sister to leave him. 'He had no remorse,' he told the I-Team. 'To do that in front of a little 8-year-old, that's not the kind of person we want walking around on our streets.' Before Mabry's parole hearing, more than 3,000 people signed a petition to keep him behind bars, according to the petition website Care2. Mabry is currently incarcerated in London Correctional Institution in London, Madison County, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction website. Learn more about how parole works in Ohio on the ODRC website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
